Affiliated Researchers: Fungi

Juliana Vasco-Correa

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Anaerobic Digestion, Fungi, Biomass, Methane, Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Ancient DNA, Soil, Dental Calculus, Microbiome

Ashley Shay

Assistant Research Professor, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Top research keywords: Selenoproteins, Macrophages, Selenium, Inflammation, Protectin D1

Surinder Chopra

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Sorghum, Corn, Sorghum (Poaceae), Alleles

David M. Geiser

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Fungi, Phylogeny, Peptide Elongation Factor 1, Phylogenetics

Jacqueline McLaughlin

Professor of Biology, Penn State Lehigh Valley
Top research keywords: College Students, Biology, Students, Biological Sciences, Teachers

Mary Ann Bruns

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Manure, Dairy Manure, Odorants, Bacteria

Seogchan Kang

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Magnaporthe, Fungi, Oryza, Verticillium

Jared Ali

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Herbivores, Herbivory, Herbivore, Nematode, Entomopathogenic Nematodes

Jason Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Cover Crops, Cover Crop, Pinus Ponderosa, Nitrogen

Ruairidh Sawers

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Corn, Zea Mays Subsp. Mays, Symbiosis, Fungi

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Assistant Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Fabrication, Composite Materials, Clay, 3D Printers, Robotics

Ming Tien

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Phanerochaete, Lignin Peroxidase, Manganese Peroxidase, Peroxidase, Lignin

Louis Bengyella

Assistant Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Ascomycota, Solanum Tuberosum, Bambusa, Fungal Spores, Germination

David Hughes

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Ants, Formicidae, Parasites, Ant, Fungi

Gretchen A. Kuldau

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Zea Mays, Mycotoxins, Deoxynivalenol, Fusarium Verticillioides

Beth Gugino

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Phytophthora Infestans, Fungicides, Lycopersicon Esculentum, Northeastern United States, Soil Quality

Mary Barbercheck

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Soil, Tillage, Zea Mays

Robert Beelman

Professor Emeritus of Food Science; Director, Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
Top research keywords: Nutritional and medicinal properties of mushrooms, Antioxidants-selenium and ergothioneine, Vitamin D-enrichment of mushrooms

Donald Davis

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Ozone, Ailanthus Altissima, Ailanthus, Oak, Prunus Avium

Josephine Wee

Assistant Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Aflatoxins, Aspergillus, Aflatoxin, Secondary Metabolism, Oxidative Stress

Andrew Read

Interim Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Top research keywords: Malaria, Parasites, Parasite, Plasmodium Chabaudi, Culicidae